Project
Water Rescue Station “Eternity”
Category
Best Architectural Project Created with Hand-Drawn Graphics
About the project (provided by the applicant)
Ringing silence. Boundless, lonely spaces. The fog blinds the eyes…
It is frightening to take another step—what if there is nothing ahead? But from this chaos, the outlines of the Object slowly emerge. It surfaces from the haze like a monument—a monument of salvation.
A water rescue station.
Its glowing windows are the last stronghold of hope. Hope for saving a single life. Or perhaps an entire world.
What lies beyond? Is it the beginning or the end? There, on the edge—solidity and lightness. The severe rhythm of metal structures carries the gaze skyward, while the heavy, relentless dynamics of concrete slabs immerse it in eternity. Here is born an immortal, technogenic architecture.
The work is executed in Chinese ink wash technique. This method allows for gradual layering, building not only tone but also silence itself, and that intimate feeling that arises at the intersection of the severity of materials and the fragility of human hope. It reminds us: architecture is, above all, art—art that can speak without words.
Location
Russia
Project design year
2025
Applicant
Varvara Andreevna Gorbunova
2nd-year student at Saint Petersburg State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering, Department of Urban Planning. Academic advisors: Igor Vladimirovich Khramov, Alexander Valentinovich Ponomarev.
Author of the project
Varvara Andreevna Gorbunova
Status of the project
Conceptual design
